SUNNY THIS MORNING....CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IN FORECAST THE NEXT THREE DAYS. RAIN ENDING BY SUNDAY. HIGH TODAY, 63.
BELOW, A PHOTO OF "THE HITCHING POST", FORMERLY J.R.'S. UNDER THE PHOTO,
I PUT "HITCHIN'....SHOULD BE "HITCHING".
TRACY WILKINS HAS BEEN THE MCHS GIRL'S VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. HE IS MOVING UP TO ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AND A NEW COACH WILL NOW BE HIRED.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLEANS DITCHES. IT IS ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.
LOTS OF CLUBS DO THIS IN IOWA. THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY DITCH CLEANING
FOR THE ROTARY IS FROM THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER NORTH TO HURSTVILLE. TWICE A YEAR, A GROUP MEETS IN THE MORNING FOR THIS CHORE.
LAST SATURDAY, FOUR ROTARIANS PICKED UP 8 BAGS OF TRASH, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROB DEEGAN. ALSO ON HIS WORKFORCE, FLORIEAN STEFFAN...JOHN GILROY...AND TED MAZE. THEY REPORT LESS POP AND BEER CANS THIS TIME. AND...McDONALD'S TRASH TOPS THE PICKUP LIST. WAY TO GO ROTARY.
THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM COUNCIL ANNUAL BANQUET IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE BELLEVUE STATE PARK LODGE. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $12 OR $10 IN ADVANCE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE.
MISS IOWA USA WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER. PROCEEDS FROM THE DINNER
WILL BE USED TO PROMOTE MORE TOURISM IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE SURRONDING AREA. STACY DRISCOLL, MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR, IS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
COMING THIS SUMMER TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER...."THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS". THE COMEDY WILL BE DIRECTED BY PAM CRAWFORD
AND PUT ON BY THE OHNWARD CENTER.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE BACK IN FIRST PLACE!!
I'M OUT OF HERE.
DENNIS VOY
